Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-08
A DRIVE INTO CANADA.

WEST RANDOLPH. Vt. May l.. 1881.
Eastern Vermont i so different from
western that perhaps only in the love for
he State of its Inhabitants are they alike.
This is the same over all the State. and
hows itself wherever Nermonters may
meet. 1t is the love of a mountain peO-
pie for their mountains. The strength
bf the hills is shown through this. 1t i
hown, too, in the pure. healthy air. in
he flow of the rivulet, in the growth of
bach plant.
Today came from the west side of the
Mountains. Sunday evening | left Mid
ilebury, VT, with its broad views of the
AdirOndacks and the southern mountains.
My equipment was single carriage and
pair of Lambert horses. | was diSap-
pointed in not finding President Brainerd
bf the college to 90 with me. His daugh-
ter, Bessie, rugged with blue and with the
ong braids of her light hair contrasting,
arose from the hammock of the piazza.
hnd said her father was away. Congress
nan Stewart. who thought of going with
me, was detained by law business. and |
was fain to start alone. The sultry air
Ind smoke had crowded in before the
caves, and were running rampant over
the earth. The dust had come with
hem. So we had the unusual conditions
bf summer without its verdure. or at
east with but part of it; and this is
etill so. Dust and smoke are still the
pervading elements, and summers green,
though surely advancing, is still in its in
fancy.
Five miles from Middlebury begins the
ascent of the mountain. \ watering
trough, where the coolest water flows
pnd spreads its mirror TO the sky. marks
he height of the first hill. Perhaps on
any height there is repOse, but when be-
Eond there arises another height. repOse
has short duration. The ever-active
mind gathers for new ascent. Three
miles of mountain rise along the banks
bf stream brings Us to Ripton village !;
three more miles. partly along the same
stream, and partly across farming lands.
comes to the Bread Loaf Inn. where we
stopped for the night. The inn is just
waking from winters sleep, with few
remnants of snow drifts left.
We saw here two very elegant three
year-old colts by Motion; both inbred
Morgans; one from dam by Daniel Lam
bert, the other dam by Gen. Put, son of
Rollo, by Vermont Black Hawk. Dam
pf Gen. Put by Morgan Eagle; of Rollo
by old st. Lawrence. These colts are a
cross match, bay and chestnut. j stop
ped at the inn over Monday. Tuesday
morning left for Montpelier. About
three miles from the inn the higher range
of the Green Mountains is passed at 1900
feet above the sea. On this range is still
left much of the original forest. This is
partly true Of each range, but it is on the
Eastern slope of this that the finest for
ests of Vermont remain. 1t is here that
One may again experience the life of the
Wilderness, travelling for miles north and
south, and in some places east and west,
without break in the forest, and, better
yet, where not single tree has fallen ex-
cept by the hand of nature. No stumps
to mar the woods. On every side ex-
tends the forest, unique, lasting, perfect.
If the glory of a woman is in her hair,
that of country may be said to be in its
trees, and although all woods are beauti-
Iful, none of younger growth can equal in
magnificence the primeval forest.
Down this mountain the road winds
Through the woods for three miles, then
emerges into an open glen at the end OF
(which, three miles further,is the village
| of Hancock. Hancock is built on the